The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MahaMetro) has recorded over 20 lakh commuters in a month since it started the Garware College to Ruby Hall Clinic and Phugewadi to Civil Court stretches on August 1, The Indian Express reported. The average number of journeys that were made between 6 am to 10 pm stood at 65,000. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Phugewadi to Civil Court and Garware to Ruby Hall Clinic stretch on Pimpri-Chinchwad-Swargate and Vanaz-Ramwadi routes respectively on August 1.
The month of August saw the metro earn over Rs 3 crore in income. The average for earnings each day stood at over Rs 9 lakh.